Current-deflector.



A. F. KELLNER.

CURRENT DEFLECTOR.

APPLIGATION FILED APR.4,1907.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEioE.

ANTON F. KELLNER, OF OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

CURRENT-DEFLE CTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April L 1907- Serial No. 366.276

Patented Jan. 21, 1908.

T o all whom it 'may concern: A

Be it known that ANTON F. KELLNER, a citizen -of the United States,residing at Omaha, in the county of Douglas and State of Nebraska, hasinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Ourrent-Deflectors, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in current deflectors of theclass designed for turning the current of a stream.

The present invention has reference to a means for causing a gradualchange in the course of a stream, especially of streams whose waters arecharged with sand, this change often being of use for navigationpurposes, or for protecting land or buildings by preventing erosion ofthe banks of streams.

The means employed and herein shown are for the purpose of obstructingthe current by use of lengths or layers of wire mesh each of a lengthequal to that part of the channel to be obstructed, secured edge-to-edgeand held by transverse-disposed spreadingmembers to prevent collapsingof the web; one end of the web to be secured to the shore of a streamand to be extended down-stream and diagonally toward the opposite shore,its weight being sustained by a series 'of buoys and held tosubstantially a vertical position by weights secured upon its loweredge, the web being sustained in substantially a straight line and in amanner to resist the current by a series of anchors and connectingcables. By this construction water may pass the wire mesh but will bepartly deflected from its former straight course, and sand bars will begradually formed down-stream in the rear of the mesh, and the navigablechannel, therefore, formed or changed, or the bank of the streamprotected, as desired.

With these objects in view, the invention presents a new constructionand arrangevment of parts as described herein and as illusltrated in thedrawing, wherein: Figures 1 and 2 are perspective views and representopposite shores of a stream, my invention being therein shown inoperative position. 3 represents a vertical presentation of theinvention, immersed in a body of water, to clearly show relativeposition of parts. Fig. 4 is a vertical elevation of the web, composedof lengths or sections of wire mesh, secured and held in a mannerhereafter described.

Referring now to the drawing for a more particular description, numerals1 and 2 indicate the shores of a stream 3. I employ lengths or sectionsof wire mesh 4 and secure them edge-to-edge by any convenient'means, asby rings or clasps 5, and by means of spreading-members 6 secured uponthe outer rims 7 of the outer lengths of wire mesh, these sections arespread in a manner to form a single web 8. Spreading-members 6 arepref.- erably formed of wood so that the wire mesh may be securedthereon by means of staples 16, thereby furnishing a more rigidconstruction, and a more positive obstruction to moving water. Web S isthen immersed in a stream so that it willtraverse, diagonally a currentto be deflected, one end being secured as by cable 9 to post 10 uponshore 1, its free end extending downward with the current. I employ aseries of buoys 11 secured to the upper edge of web 8, and a series ofweights 'may be extended and maintained in substantially a straight lineand sustained to resist a current of water I employ a series of anchors13 which rests upon the bottom 14 of the stream and connected to theupper edge 7 of web 8 by cablesl.

In operation, water coming as a current, in the direction indicated byarrow-a will encounter web 8 at an obtuse angle, and will pass. throughthe meshes of web 8 and will cause, eventually, the formation of a sandbar at X, after which the current will pass between the free end of web8 and shore 2, as indicated at arrow b.

The operation of wire mesh in connection.

with a water current is such that there is a slight but constantdeflection of the water. The slight eddy caused by this movement is suchthat the V gravity of particles of sand carries it to the bottom, sothat the sand bar is formed.

The function for spreading-members is shown in the fact that sections ofwire mesh could not be economically formed of a width required for theweb but if this were possible the spreaders would be necessary to addrigidity to the web; by use of sections of wire mesh joined edge-to-edgeand held extended by the spreaders, a rigid web is formed of any desiredwidth to attain the objects of the invention; the further use of staplesfor connecting the mesh and spreaders tends to resist lateral strain orsagging of the web.

What l claim as my invention is,-

l. A water-current deiiector comprising a series of sections of wiremesh substantially ol equal lengths secured edge-to-edge as a web, aseries of spreading members having their ends secured upon the outeredges of and transversely traversing said web; a series of holdersconnecting each of said sections of wire mesh of said web with eaeh ofsaid spreading-members; said web being vertically-disposed by means of aseries of buoys secured to its upper edge and a series of weightssecured upon its lower edge; and a series of anchors having connectionswith the upper edge of the web to maintain said web in a diagonalposition with reference to a water current, substantially as shown anddescribed.

2. A water-current defleetor comprising a series of sections of wiremesh substantially of equal lengths secured edge-to-edge as a web; aseries of spreading members having their ends secured upon the outeredges ol the web and means to maintain said web in an upright positiontransversely with relierence to a Water current.

3. A water-current deiiector, comprising a series of sections of Wiremesh substantially of equal lengths secured edge-to-edge as a web 5 aseries of spreading members disposed between and having their endssecured upon the outer edges of the web; a series of holders connectingeach of said sections ol wire mesh of said web with each of saidspreading inemi bers; and means to maintain said web in an uprightposition transversely with reference to a water current.

In testimony whereof he has allixed his signature in presence of twowitnesses.

ANTON F. KELLNER.

Witnesses ARTHUR STURGES, HIRAM A. STUReEs.

